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Fish on Friday : feasting, fasting, and the discovery of the New World /
"Fish on Friday tells a new story of the discovery of America. In Brian Fagan's view, that discovery is the product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | ACLS Humanities E-Book Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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"Fish on Friday tells a new story of the discovery of America. In Brian Fagan's view, that discovery is the product of the long sweep of history: the spread of Christianity and the radical cultural changes it brought to Europe, the interaction of economic necessity with a changing climate, and generations of unknown fishermen who explored the North Atlantic in the centuries before Columbus. The Church's tradition of not eating meats on holy days created a vast market for fish that could not be fully satisfied by fish farms, better boats, or new preservation techniques. Then, when climate change in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries diminished fish stocks off Norway and Iceland, fishermen were forced to range ever farther to the west - eventually discovering incredibly rich shoals within sight of Newfoundland."--Jacket. |
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xxv, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index. |
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0465022847 9780465022847 |